The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown